Who’s cutting the onions?

[Dallasbowlin]

If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye... there’s nobody I’d rather have as our basketball coach than rick Barnes.
UT Coach Rick Barnes surprises Sweetwater H.S. manager in the most special way

 

[Volunteer08]

Thanks for sharing. Can never get enough of that stuff!

 

[Jack Burton]

Love it.

 

[vols 30]

If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye... there’s nobody I’d rather have as our basketball coach than rick Barnes.
UT Coach Rick Barnes surprises Sweetwater H.S. manager in the most special way

I'm a grown ass man, I don't cry

 

[volfaninpa]

May UT athletics continue to remember that all people matter! What a great example set by the Men's Basketball program.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

I'm a grown ass man, I don't cry

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

This is what being a volunteer is all about!

As someone whose uncle has an intellectual disability this is AMAZING to see. We need more kindness in this world, especially now. Great lesson for all of us

 

[Vol49er]

That was great, I showed the video to my roommates and sent it to my girlfriend after watching. Good stuff, thanks for posting

 

[Power T-Rev]

So proud to have a Godly man as the head coach of the basketball team. Such a great advocate for the university

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I wanted to make a "high quality H2O" reference, but that might seem kind of mean. Everybody that I've ever known with DS was a high quality human being.

 

[StarRaider]

I wanted to make a "high quality H2O" reference, but that might seem kind of mean. Everybody that I've ever known with DS was a high quality human being.

x1000

 

[TJSVOLS]

If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye... there’s nobody I’d rather have as our basketball coach than rick Barnes.
UT Coach Rick Barnes surprises Sweetwater H.S. manager in the most special way

Wow !!! That was awesome...

 

[DC_Vol]

If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye... there’s nobody I’d rather have as our basketball coach than rick Barnes.
UT Coach Rick Barnes surprises Sweetwater H.S. manager in the most special way

That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bmaultbay]

That was special.

 

[OrangeVolMan]

This is the type of story we need to see more of on ESPN. It doesn’t have to always be stories about something bad a player has done.

 

[Special Ed]

Just my luck, I'm fresh out of onions, so I could only cut the cheese.

 

[Rebel VOL]

Makes me proud to be a vol. Thanks for sharing.

 

[aaronvol]

My cousin has downs. If she and her other downs friends ruled the world we would be free of wars. Love this story.

 

[BisonVol]

This is awesome. So thankful to have Coach Barnes as our coach.

 

[Hacksaw]

That's what it's all about right there.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I loved CCM in large part because he was also a great guy and did similar stuff, however at the end of the day it’s about wins and losses. I love that Barnes is every bit just as good a man, if not better, and that he’s also elevated our program to an elite level.

 

[orangefloyd]

I love stories like that. A little kindness goes a long way.

 

[LucidZ]

That was sweet of them to do that. The guy seemed so happy to be given that chance. I love having Rick Barnes as our coach. People can say what they will about him as a coach, but I don't think anybody can deny that he's a good man.

 

[tnvols72]

Awesome story , this kid was happy like its Christmas morning.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Awesome story , this kid was happy like its Christmas morning.

I didn't think that he was a kid. Didn't the story say that he's been a manager for 25 or 26 years? Still, very cool no matter how old the guy is and it's even better that the players are on board acknowledging his contribution.

Was it a one time thing or will he be a regular?